Novels like A Gem by My Side
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Gem by My Side, best match first.
- 101 21+ The Villain’s Fiancée Plays the Black Lotus Holy Father 扮演黑莲花圣父的反派未婚妻 38.8kFavorites38.7kClicks/ch36.7kGifts
- 102 My Sword 我剑 *Male lead: Zhang Yinzhen Bai Hong was born with a sword bone. Cool and strikingly handsome, he was known in his day as the “remarkable talent of the Sword Sect.” After all, the virtuous sect’s aloof beauty is practically destined to fall for a demonic sect’s enchantress. Bai Hong defied the world’s judgment and fell in love with Jiang Xue, the Holy Maiden of the demonic sect. Zhou Mang was quiet and slow-witted, with little talent. Her father died when she was three, her mother when she was f 77.7kFavorites56.2kClicks/ch198.2kGifts
- 103 I Agreed to Everything Because I Was Scared 因为害怕就全都答应了 [Please check out my upcoming story: To Win Over Senior Gojo] Yukina is a freshly hatched evil curse spirit. Her mission is to infiltrate Tokyo Jujutsu High as a spy. Her infiltration is a complete failure. She doesn’t steal a single piece of information, and instead gets threatened with death. “Would you like to go see a movie with me?” Okkotsu sets a ticket on her desk, his eyes lowered. “Of course, it’s fine if you say no.” He’s a Special Grade sorcerer. There’s no way she’s going to believe 22.2kFavorites27kClicks/ch7.9kGifts
- 104 How Am I the Heartthrob in an Explicit Novel?! (Transmigrate into a Book) 限制文万人迷竟是我!(穿书) After transmigrating into a book, Gu Qingjia disguises herself as a man and enters government service, rising rapidly through the ranks thanks to her knowledge of the plot. But lately, she's noticed the people around her looking at her strangely. Her gloomy, ghostlike elder brother despises Gu Qingjia. One day, he suddenly hears: [You kiss the corner of Gu Qingjia's lips again and again, almost obsessively. "Little sister, you wouldn't want anyone to discover you're a woman, would you?"] He is 35.4kFavorites33.1kClicks/ch15.2kGifts
- 105 Spring Water Circles Around 春水绕 A similar story: After Deceiving a Noble Young Master [Flirtatious, teasing heroine X morally upright but darkly obsessive hero] Cui Lanyin is married. Her husband, the eldest young master Xiao Lin, is gentle and courteous. But he's difficult to get close to and terribly dull. With no one to confide in, she writes down her thoughts in a notebook to amuse herself. Strangely enough, every “wish” she writes comes true. Little by little, Lanyin grows bolder and starts writing whatever she likes. 62kFavorites53.2kClicks/ch18.8kGifts
- 106 The Young Lady Has a Grudge to Settle 大小姐有恨要做 Ye Ningqiu, who is hard of hearing, gets bound to a Hatred System. The System says that if she maxes out her target’s hatred, she’ll regain normal hearing. Her target is the fiancé she broke off her engagement with three years ago. Ye Ningqiu diligently plays the villain. One day she lashes him with a whip, the next she slaps him across the face, and at last she manages to max out his score. She thinks her former fiancé must hate her to the bone. Instead, he inexplicably starts chewing on her li 13.8kFavorites20.6kClicks/ch4.9kGifts
- 107 Forget Men, Choose Han Xin 忘掉男人选韩信 I turned off the comment section because looking back, some of the game strategies I wrote about back then were pretty bad... Yeah, my skills have improved, but I'm also embarrassed by how little I understood the game at the time. (covers face) "Page one of the sword manual: Keep men out of your heart, and you'll be a god in the jungle." After Fang Zhimu discovered her boyfriend had betrayed her, she wrote those words in her diary. For over a decade, the White Lotus System forced her to play 15.5kFavorites55.8kClicks/ch7.6kGifts
- 108 21+ Women of the Hehuan Sect Have No Heart 合欢宗的女人没有心 21.8kFavorites30.6kClicks/ch11.6kGifts
- 109 How Did You Marry My Uncle? 你怎么跟我舅舅结婚了? The print edition, retitled Holding Tang, goes on sale October 23. For details, see Weibo @Jinjiang Duns h u sheng. *The title is from the second male lead's perspective. (Preorder: Alien Species Taming Manual. See my author page.) A powerful, morally upright man who becomes a brooding, anxious, possessive ghost of a man × an honest, hapless heroine who only wants to complete her mission but gets relentlessly haunted by the male lead 1. Li Tangli is forever a minor character, a disposable extr 145.8kFavorites151.3kClicks/ch94.8kGifts
- 110 Thirst 焦渴 [Not updated daily, but will be completed. Taking a little time to reset my mood. Free while ongoing; update speed depends on reader feedback =w=] [Updates will be announced on Weibo @Baochao Xiaohuanggua] The thought that Jiang Baochun might become his stepmother filled Bo Hanyao with genuine disgust. Fortunately, his absurd father came to his senses in time and ended the relationship. Jiang Baochun’s dream of marrying into a wealthy family was shattered along with it. But before long, Bo Ha 35.3kFavorites29.5kClicks/ch94.5kGifts
- 111 I Became the Concubine of a Cold and Powerful Minister 成了清冷权臣的侍妾 [Thank you, babies, for all the five-star reviews! Love you all. See you in the next book!] Powerful man lowers his head | Both are inexperienced Plain, beautiful country girl x Cold, unhinged aristocrat Lin Rong was sold into the Pei household as a child and became a servant responsible for cleaning the outer courtyard. Every servant in the residence dreamed of climbing the social ladder... They could earn a future by 120.9kFavorites130.2kClicks/ch48.7kGifts
- 112 The First White Moonlight of the Early Song Dynasty 宋初第一白月光 In five thousand years of history, there has been exactly one pair of brothers who were willing to share even the throne. So what else couldn’t they share? The first two emperors of the Song Dynasty were brothers. And you managed to get involved with both of them. But honestly, it’s not your fault. When you transmigrated, you descended from the sky without a speck of dust on you. Everyone who saw you called you a “goddess.” It was a time of chaos. Knowing in advance who would win, you decide 34.5kFavorites27.5kClicks/ch106.8kGifts
- 113 Reborn as the Widow of the Villainous Chancellor's Older Brother 我是奸相他哥遗孀(重生) My new novel, Why Did You Marry My Uncle?, is now live. This novel: [Fake aloof beauty, actually a naturally wicked chancellor × weak, kindhearted, pregnant widow sister-in-law who runs away] 1. Feng Yuzhen was unloved by her parents, and her husband died young. She spent her life timidly accepting whatever came her way. Even when her cold and distant younger brother-in-law asked if she would like to live with him, she refused out of cowardice. She lived under the Cui family’s roof, working ti 227.3kFavorites317.5kClicks/ch120.4kGifts
- 114 An Average Girl Bound to a Dreamwalking System 普女绑定了入梦系统 After making a wish on a shooting star, Shi Qi starts having frequent dreams. First, she dreams of a handsome stranger emerging from a bath. Then she enters all sorts of dreams with all kinds of kinks, where the dreamer keeps going whether or not he knows how to comfort her. …After two straight months of unspeakable dreams, Shi Qi is worn out. The System bound to her tells her that the only way to avoid sinking into nightmares is to spend a certain amount of time with the designated Chosen O 71kFavorites82.9kClicks/ch155kGifts
- 115 Delicate Beauty 娇靥 [Tap the completed-work rating on the right side of the comments section on the app's book page.] After an unexpected turn of events, Zhao Zhizhi, the famous timid beauty of the imperial capital, went from being an ignored concubine-born daughter of the prime minister's family to a lowly concubine in the Eastern Palace, without title or status, meant only to be there to "learn the ropes." Rumor had it that the new Crown Prince was violent and mercurial, like a demon from the depths of hell. Oth 114.5kFavorites236.8kClicks/ch49.4kGifts
- 116 21+ What? This Isn't a Dating Sim! 什么?这不是恋爱游戏! 18.6kFavorites25.2kClicks/ch29kGifts
- 117 A Courtier Beneath the Imperial Consort's Skirts 贵妃裙下臣 [Please add my upcoming novel, Her in the Mortal World, to your collection.] Scheming, alluring consort X aloof, chaste general. The heroine isn't a virgin, but the hero is. Readers who require both leads to be virgins, please move along. Lizhi transmigrates into the role of a femme fatale blamed for a fallen kingdom. When she comes of age at fifteen, Prince Rui falls in love with her at first sight, and begs and pleads for the Empress Dowager to arrange their marriage. On her wedding day at six 80.7kFavorites144.3kClicks/ch30.5kGifts
- 118 21+ The Blind Carpenter at the Village Entrance (Rural Township) 村口那个盲人木匠(乡村小镇) 8.3kFavorites7.2kClicks/ch4kGifts
- 119 Jade Concealed in Pearl 韫玉藏珠 1v1, both leads are virgins. Forceful pursuit and a ruthless romance. Bonus chapters are available when the main text subscription rate reaches 90%. Pirated readers, please don't comment. Show some respect, thank you. Blurb: Shi Yunyu woke up to find herself transmigrated into the body of a frail little girl who didn't even have a name. Her parents had sold her to the prefect's residence for two taels of silver, where she became a kitchen maid tending the stove. She comforted herself: It's all r 111.1kFavorites97.3kClicks/ch81.6kGifts
- 120 The Contractor's Difficult Love 包工头的艰难爱情 [Complete] Boutique owner x construction contractor One: Su Hexiang never expected her boyfriend’s older brother to be her ex. The three of them sat down for a meal, and her ex acted as if he didn’t know her, addressing her coolly as Miss Su. But before long, the older man appeared in front of her and asked, “Did you take my younger brother as a stand-in for me?” Su Hexiang: “No.” The older man looked at her qui 26.8kFavorites39kClicks/ch14.3kGifts
- 121 He's My Brother 是我哥 44.6kFavorites40.5kClicks/ch23kGifts
- 122 The Gods' Wild Rose (Published as: Rose Devotee) 神明的野玫瑰(出版名:玫瑰信徒) [This novel has been signed for simplified Chinese publication. Presales begin at 7:30 p.m. on November 25. For details, see Weibo @Baochao Xiao Huanggua. Please, my lovely readers who bought the full book, give it a five-star review =3=] [Next novels: The Monster's Bride and Love of the Gluttonous Beast] [The author is a compulsive reviser. The story was revised many times during serialization, so pirate sites have only captured the unedited version.] [1] Aistella entered the resplendent hall, 69.3kFavorites73.9kClicks/ch24.4kGifts
- 123 You Said It Was a Lie 是你说谎 To get close to him, Yu Wanling told a great many lies. Only later did she realize that she had been caught in a lie all along, while he had stood outside it, clear-eyed. A twisted, brilliant top student × a kind, honest girl Angst | Not realistic | School life | Coercive love | The hero's long road to winning her back REDnote: Jiu Shi Shengsheng Furen A Theme: - 43.6kFavorites41.4kClicks/ch20.9kGifts
- 124 Yin Chunhen, Who Hates Me 厌恶我的殷春恨 My name is Lian Sheng, and I am the Yin family's shameful secret. My mother was one of the family head's concubines, but my father was an actor who had an affair with her. The day their secret came to light, my mother was terrified. She managed to give birth to me, then passed away soon after. The family's shame could not be made public. With the family head's tacit consent, I was still made the manor's Third Miss. After all, my mother had served him for years, and though she had no great ach 63.8kFavorites42.8kClicks/ch43.6kGifts
- 125 21+ Golden Silk Jade 金丝玉 67.2kFavorites93.5kClicks/ch25.7kGifts
- 126 After Being Reborn, I Married My Late Husband’s Older Brother 重生后嫁给亡夫他大哥 When Ying Shi was sixteen, her childhood sweetheart and betrothed died in battle. She wiped away her tears, took his memorial tablet, and married into the Liang household. In the best years of her life, she wore mourning clothes and willingly became a widow whose husband had died before their wedding. Unexpectedly, six years later, her husband, supposedly killed in battle, returned safe and sound. Behind him was the wife he had married while wandering with amnesia. He came back with his wife an 100.4kFavorites93.8kClicks/ch82.4kGifts
- 127 Pearl Amusement Park 珍珠游乐园 If you've read the whole thing, please leave a rating! [Pre-publication teaser for a true simp story: My Classmate Got Possessed by My Puppy. Blurb below!] During the summer after the college entrance exams, Li Yanzhi moved into a new home with her mother. There was someone in the new house who was particularly unwelcome to them. His name was Li Zheng, and he was about to become her stepbrother. Li Zheng was all bark and no bite. Li Yanzhi knew that from the moment she first saw him. He wasn' 12kFavorites13.1kClicks/ch3kGifts
- 128 The International Student's Guide to Being Irresistible 留学生万人迷指南 A disillusioned fake academic young woman battling her dissertation vs. The kid, The easily rattled one, The social butterfly, The bankrupt one Note: 1. All the male characters are chaste. “The social butterfly” refers to an extremely outgoing person. 2. Since the story is set in a fairly realistic world, and to respect public standards of decency, the female lead is not a player who juggles multiple men. 3. Don’t ask why the male characters like the female lead. She lives by clear boundarie 21.6kFavorites24.6kClicks/ch12.9kGifts
- 129 I Thought We Were Bros, But You... 我把你当兄弟你却 I thought you were my brother, but you came to steal my wife? Xu Jingyu made a mistake: While drunk, she took her boyfriend’s twin brother home. Then Xu Jingyu discovered an even more outrageous mistake: The boyfriend she had been in love with for four and a half years, the man she was about to marry, wasn’t the boy who had saved her all those years ago. She had been in love with the wrong person all along. Xu Jingyu made the deadliest mistake of all: Just as she decided to leave the past beh 21.6kFavorites25.8kClicks/ch11.3kGifts
- 130 The Tyrant Heard My Inner Thoughts 暴君听到了我的心声 A month ago, Su Zhenzhen was in her room studying herbs. A month later, she'd become an NPC palace maid with no identity, kneeling on the floor as the matron taught them the palace rules and how to serve the tyrant of Great Zhou. Su Zhenzhen: ... - Since the tyrant doesn't like seeing people, Su Zhenzhen's workload is actually very light. Once she sweeps the floors before he gets up in the early morning, she can spend the rest of the day sitting nearby and daydreaming. It was a cold winter d 133.6kFavorites150.2kClicks/ch96.1kGifts
- 131 21+ The Widow 孀妇 75.2kFavorites59.3kClicks/ch45.7kGifts
- 132 Nurturing Disaster 娇养祸水 Coming soon: "Is She Pan Jinlian?" [Complete, fully edited. Please read the official version.] (1) Xiao Niang was sold to a gambler as his second wife. The gambler died just a few days later, and her only hope of turning her life around and making a fortune was his stepson, Xi Ling, a man as cold as moonlight and strikingly elegant. Everyone knew Xi Ling was cold-hearted and unfeeling. To win him over, she hung her undergarments outside his window during the day 84kFavorites95.5kClicks/ch29.6kGifts
- 133 I Crashed After Entering an Otome Game 穿进乙女游戏后我翻车了 [Main Story Complete] If you like it, take a look at my author page and bookmark the upcoming story. Blurb 1 The otome game Records of the Great Sheng Dynasty quickly took the world by storm, thanks to its grand worldbuilding, meticulous production, beautiful art style, and many other strengths. After spending three months pouring money into the otome game, Jiang Tingbai, a big-spending player, successfully paid her way into the game itself. The game assistant beamed. "Dear player, you only ne 28.9kFavorites65.2kClicks/ch12.4kGifts
- 134 Bewitching Formation 迷魂阵 Shen Xiyin’s husband was gravely injured while killing an evil spirit, leaving him unable to father an heir. As the head of a sect, he did not want to leave his position without a successor, nor did he want anyone to learn of this secret that would damage his reputation. He wanted Shen Xiyin to put the greater good first and secretly conceive a child with another man, giving birth to his “heir.” To that end, he schemed to push Shen Xiyin into the Bewitching Array. There was another man inside 206kFavorites170.9kClicks/ch167.4kGifts
- 135 21+ Bao'e, Bao'e, You're Kindhearted [Journey to the West] 宝娥宝娥,心肠不坏[西游] 40.8kFavorites44.3kClicks/ch39.6kGifts
- 136 She Who Dared to Break Her 妄折她 [Author's page: Princess's Blade. Please add it to your wishlist!] [Brutish, rough-hewn man from a foreign tribe x stubborn beauty raised in a prominent family | Height difference warning] Princess Shang Ningxiu of Zhaohua was renowned as the most beautiful woman in Bianjing. One late autumn, the princess traveled south to visit her elderly grandmother. On the way, a rebel uprising broke out, and every one of the several hundred people accompanying her was slaughtered. The rebel leader had nev 121.9kFavorites171kClicks/ch27.1kGifts
- 137 Alien Species Taming Manual (Non-Human) 外星异种驯化手册[人外] Inhuman monster with no conscience X timid coward 1. Cheng Molly is what her parents call a “leftover woman.” She’s introverted, unremarkable, and works as a clerk at a small company. At twenty-nine, pressured by her family, she married her current husband in a whirlwind wedding. To be honest, her husband is handsome and generous with money. For an ordinary woman like her, it’s a pretty good deal. But Molly feels something about her husband has changed since they got married. His movements are 242.9kFavorites238.4kClicks/ch198.9kGifts
- 138 I Married My Childhood Friend, an Alpha 和青梅竹马的Alpha联姻了 ◎ Please read the content warnings before starting. Thank you to everyone who supports authors by reading the official version! ○ Male Alpha, female Beta / childhood friends / marriage before love / he falls for her first ○ Blurb: The gene-modification craze began over a century ago. Today, female Betas are the rarest people in the world. To protect her own interests, Zhou Tinghe, a Beta, has no choice but to marry an Al 52.4kFavorites61.9kClicks/ch11.9kGifts
- 139 One-Way Match 单向匹配 [Male Alpha, Female Omega] [Marriage Before Love] In her third year as an undocumented resident in this ABO world, Qiu Zheng is assigned a match. Her match is the best of the best: a high-quality Alpha with a high-ranking pheromone profile. Apart from the fact that she, an undocumented resident, is his one-hundred-percent match, he seems to have no other “flaws.” On the day they meet, the man looks her up and down, his frown making his disdain obvious. He slides a contract across the table: on 68.8kFavorites82.5kClicks/ch46.7kGifts
- 140 21+ My Late Husband Came Back on the Eve of My Remarriage 再婚前夜亡夫回来了 70.4kFavorites75.1kClicks/ch44.2kGifts
- 141 How to Tame Four Male Leads at Once 如何同时驯服四个男主 Chi Baisong transmigrates into a book and becomes a vicious female supporting character. In the book, high-level ability users need mental soothing from someone of at least the same level. Otherwise, contamination will cause their minds to collapse and kill them. The original character was incredibly lucky to awaken S-rank mental power. She went from a Cinderella with a miserable life to a mentalist of the highest caliber. It went to her head. She ordered the male leads around, took advantage of 31.8kFavorites65.4kClicks/ch18.3kGifts
- 142 The Mad Dog Has Its Eye on Me Again [Quick Transmigration] 又被疯狗盯上了[快穿] 18.9kFavorites32.8kClicks/ch2.4kGifts
- 143 The Unmarkable Her 无法标记的她 * Coming next: Ah? I Thought Everyone Hated Me. Why Have All the Male Leads Gone Crazy?? I transmigrated into an ABO world, but I'm from Earth, and I don't even have legal identification. Ji Chiyu was diagnosed as a defective Beta with no glands. Since pheromones have absolutely no effect on her, she landed a secure job handling pheromone-related incidents. Including, but not limited to: staying alone with an Omega through their heat, being grabbed by an Alpha in rut as a temporary comfort ob 60.9kFavorites78.4kClicks/ch63.2kGifts
- 144 If I Cheat One More Time, I'll Turn Over a New Leaf 再渣一次就从善 "Catch the king of the fish, and you'll be the queen of the sea." Those words best sum up Lu Zhiyao's life. For the first twenty-five years of her life, she was obsessed with dating. She mastered the psychology of rich men, memorized every trick of the dating game, and landed countless wealthy, handsome young men. She was unbeatable in love. She was adept at playing every role and had every trick in the book. Custom-made strategies, carefully planned ambushes. That was Lu Zhiyao. But at twent 39.5kFavorites108.4kClicks/ch12.7kGifts
- 145 Chewing Spring Bones 嚼春骨 1. In the fourth year of Shengning, chaos erupts in the palace. A Nian uses the last of her strength to carry the gravely wounded Sixth Prince out of a pile of corpses. She is only ten years old, with no one to rely on and wolves closing in from all sides. A Nian has nothing to her name and is merely a servant used to hard labor. To survive, she swallows her blood and endures the pain, walking on a pair of worn-out feet to deliver him to the gates of the Ji clan in Wu Commandery. Ten years of wi 32.6kFavorites19.4kClicks/ch51.3kGifts
- 146 The Top-Tier Star Ex-Husband Is a Yandere 顶流前夫是病娇 ◆Next up: "After Dumping the Crazy Top A", please add it to your reading list 💗 ◆Signed for print publication. For publication updates, see xhs/wb@Zuoyouji ◆Self-indulgent, lovesick, stunning actor X gentle, honest researcher who turns dark ◆Blurb: Scroll down for content warnings! The main story is 680,000 words. [Female Lead's Version] The day Jiang Minyun's ex-girlfriend dumped him and left the country, he was devastated. He glanced coldly at Li Shihui, wh 97.5kFavorites103.7kClicks/ch84.5kGifts
- 147 Oh No! My Wife Is Cheating on Me! 糟!我老婆外面有狗了 *Main story complete Yun Jin woke up one day with the ability to travel back twelve years at any time. From then on, she kept appearing beside her husband, Hua Cheng, both at age thirty-two and at age twenty. Thirty-two-year-old Hua Cheng was seriously ill, and only she could save him. Twenty-year-old Hua Cheng had nowhere to go, and without her, he would live like a stray dog. They were both the same person, anyway. Why couldn’t she take care of them both? Yun Jin wanted to give Hua Cheng a 47.9kFavorites53.4kClicks/ch61kGifts
- 148 The Romance Routes Are All Classmates 恋爱副本都是同学 [Check out the author's page for another heartwarming, sweet campus romance, and maybe give it a bookmark while you're there.] Blurb: Just before graduating from college, Li Qiqi opens her eyes and finds herself trapped in a strange game of sweet romantic moments. What a shock! She only casually mentioned wanting to experience a campus romance. There was no need to make her go through it again and again...! For some inexplicable reason, she's been dragged into the beta test of a crappy game a 18.1kFavorites30.4kClicks/ch11.3kGifts
- 149 After Years Alone, I Finally Have a Son 孤寡多年喜提一子 Coming soon: Bright Candle. Please add it to your reading list~ After surviving countless calamities and outlasting a host of rivals, Xitang smoothly became the highest-ranking deity in the Nine Heavens. Now, the many immortals and gods all had to show her the respect due to their senior. With no worries to trouble her, she spent her days in her cave dwelling, eating and waiting to die. But one night, she looked up and saw that the star representing her child was shining. Xitang sat bolt upr 67.6kFavorites83.8kClicks/ch41.4kGifts
- 150 A Villain on the Government Payroll, Caught in a Police Love Triangle 编制内反派,陷入警察修罗场了 A heroine with the ultimate villain's script vs. seven investigators A Mary Sue showdown; a fake death midway through, followed by a twist [dies in Chapter 57] [twist in Chapter 81] [mystery revealed in Chapter 90] After transmigrating, Shen Yuedong ends up with three villain scripts at once. Her fate is to be suspected, investigated, and surrounded. Except something seems off. Investigator 1: He: “Shen Yuedong, break up with them.” She: “I'm the type who flirts with everyone. Why don't you br 11kFavorites11.6kClicks/ch3.6kGifts







































